Hello and Welcome. My name is Carlos and the intention of this blog is to show all the new releases of stamps with Lighthouses. From those dedicated exclusively to this topic up to the stamps where you have to use a magnifying glass to find a Lighthouse. If you know of a stamp with these characteristics and it's not listed, please let me know so I can posted. Thanks in advance.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

In April 05 - 1972, USA released four stamps commemorating the National Parks System Centennial. The stamps were emitted in block. In one of those stamps appear the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (*). Looking for material in a philatelic store, I found this piece of four blocks used. It is not very rare, but at least I find it interesting.

Catalogue: S 1449 Y 948

(*) Cape Hatteras is a recurrent lighthouse in the emissions. This year it appear in the USA flags serie.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

From Éire, year 1957. Born in Ireland, William Brown (or Guillermo Brown) was the creator and the first admiral of the Argentine´s Navy. This two stamps was released to honor the centenary of his dead. Over his left shoulder appear the figure of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse from Ireland.

Friday, October 15, 2010

A day like today (October 15) but in the year 1955﻿, France issued six different stamps with views of the country. The number 3 in the serie was this stamp showing the harbour and the lighthouse of Nice (at the end of the breakwater).

Lighthouse: Qiz Qalasi (Maiden Tower). Historic tower that served as lighthouse at the end of the 19th century. Inactive since 1907.

(*) Icheri Sheher (or Inner City) is a walled section of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. This issue shows buildings, towers, mosques that belong to this part of the city. In december of 2000 it was classified as World Heritage Site by Unesco.